Lifestyle Change Including Dietary Fat Reduction and Breast Cancer Outcome1,2

From: The Journal of Nutrition | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Expanded Abstract

Interest in the potential influence of lifestyle factors on breast cancer recurrence and survival after breast cancer diagnosis was originally based on observational studies comparing patient survival in countries with high fat consumption such as the United States and the United Kingdom to those with low consumption (such as Japan) (1,2). Based on such evidence, a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the effect of dietary fat intake reduction on breast cancer recurrence was initiated in the early 1980s but not completed (3,4) because interest waned with the emergent ...

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